Category: Music

Springsteen Discusses His “High Hopes”

In this new promotional video, Bruce Springsteen discusses his new album released this week, High Hopes. In the video, he explains the odd collection of songs that make up the album, how Tom Morello became involved, etc. Check it out.

I am still trying to figure out what I think of the album, although I do know that I love certain moments on the album such as the new version of “Dream Baby Dream.”

What do you think of High Hopes? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Sting Sings With Robert Downey Jr.? (and it’s pretty awesome)

    Sting Robert Downey Jr.

    In October 2011, Robert Downey Jr. joined Sting at the latter’s 60th birthday concert and career celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The two men sang The Police song “Driven To Tears,” and it was surprisingly good. Recently, a professional video of the performance started circulating the interwebs, so now you can check it out.

    “Driven to Tears” first appeared on the 1980 Police album Zenyatta Mondatta.

    Who would you like to see Sting sing with? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Sneak Peak at Marty Brown’s Video for “Whatever Makes You Smile”

    Marty Brown has released a “sneak peak” at the upcoming video for his single, “Whatever Makes You Smile.” The video from the 1990s country music star and recent America’s Got Talent comeback artist contains some footage from the video.

    Update:  Below is the complete video for a great Marty Brown song.

    Check out our previous post on the new single here.

    What do you think of the sneak peak? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Springsteen and Fallon as Two Springsteens Stuck in a Traffic Jam

    Christie Bridge Song

    Last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen once again dug out one of his old outfits to sing with Fallon. This time, the two did a new version of “Born to Run,” poking fun at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s recent Bridgegate problems regarding his administration’s involvement in closing down the George Washington Bridge to punish a New Jersey mayor. “Governor let me in, I wanna be your friend. . . .” [Update: Video no longer available for embedding.]

    It had to be a tough blow for Gov. Christie, who notoriously is a huge Springsteen fan even though Springsteen generally sits on the other side of the political divide. But the song is pretty funny.

    What is your favorite Springsteen-Fallon collaboration? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    New Johnny Cash Song Was a Hit for David Allan Coe

    She Used to Love Him David Allan Coe Chimesfreedom recently reported on an upcoming new Johnny Cash album release called Out Among the Stars. The album features unreleased tracks from recording sessions at Columbia Records in 1981 and 1984. The video for the earlier announcement featured a snipped of one of the songs discovered by Cash’s son John Carter, “She Used to Love Me a Lot.” But now you may hear the song in its entirety.

    The song is available for listening below. As Rolling Stone reports, the song sounds like vintage Johnny Cash. I like it. The album Out Among the Stars will hit the shelves and Internet on March 15, 2014.

    One interesting point that the articles about the new song do not mention, is that another country icon released a version of “She Used to Love Me a Lot” in the 1980s. David Allan Coe had a hit with the song in 1985. The song — written by Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen, and Kye Fleming — appeared on Coe’s 1984 album Darlin’, Darlin. Check out his version.

    What do you think of “She Used to Love Me a Lot”? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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